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Robert Mugabe

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Robert Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary, politician and dictator who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017, serving as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and then as its second President from 1987 to 2017. He led the Zimbabwe African National Union and its successor ZANU-PF from 1975 until 2017, and was ideologically an African nationalist who identified as Marxist-Leninist in the 1970s and 1980s and as Nationalist Socialist from the 1990s.

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Classification
Political Role
Chairperson of the African Union 1
Political Role
Leader and First Secretary of ZANU-PF 1
Political Role
Non-Aligned Movement#ChairChair of the 1
Political Role
President of Zimbabwe 1
Political Role
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe 1
Gender
Male 2
Birth Year
1924 2
Birth Date
1924-02-21 2
Death Date
2019-09-06 2
Death Year
2019 2
Sources
1. Robert Mugabe - Wikipedia (Wikipedia)
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2. Robert Mugabe (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 - 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary, politician, and dictator who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017. He served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as its second President from 1987 to 2017.
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 - 6 September 2019)
  • Entity description, gender reference sentence
    He led the Zimbabwe African National Union and its successor ZANU-PF from 1975 until 2017, and was ideologically an African nationalist who identified as Marxist-Leninist in the 1970s and 1980s and as Nationalist Socialist from the 1990s.
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